Read the following excerpt from julia ortiz cofer’s poem "el olvido." it is dangerous to spurn the clothes you were born to wear for the sake of fashion; dangerous to use weapons and sharp instruments you are not familiar with; dangerous to disdain the plaster saints before which your mother kneels praying with embarrassing fervor that you survive in the place you have chosen to live: the items listed in this excerpt symbolize: a. the ways of life that are unfamiliar to the speaker. b. the fervent religious beliefs of the speaker’s mother. c. the speaker’s desire to forget embarrassing traditions. d. the traditions and customs of the speaker’s native land.

the answer is D the traditions and customs of the speakers native land

The answer is D: the traditions and customs of the speaker’s native land.

The passage above lists certain items, like clothing, weapons, and plaster saints as symbols to express how a culture is rooted in one´s own identity and how this cultural identity is so much part of one´s self that it is not advisable to forsake it, for it is the one thing, perhaps, that makes life meaningful, no matter where one happens to be.  

a. the image doesn't give relevant information.

explanation:

what does a guy holding a paper have to do with bees and their natural instinct when moving and protecting their hives?

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a. "to practice" is the best phrase to complete the sentence.

explanation:

during the summer, she likes to practice her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.

(note that : all the other options "the practicing of", "practice for" and "to do a practice on" are inappropriate as they make the sentence grammatically incorrect.)